I love homemade meat bone stock. It does wonders for my digestion. You know, simmering for hours, with a bit of vinegar: pork trotters, or any carcass really (see, for instance, http://diginn.com/blog/bone-broth/#.VSjrz1w-AQE ).
One of its strong points is, apparently, the gelatin.
Now if I dont want to have meat, or if I am travelling, what sort of vegetarian gelatin can I use to get the same effect?
Vegetarian gelatin??? What about Agar flakes? Carageenan?
If you are looking for a thickening agent, what about cornflower?
Thanks! I'll try the first two. No, it's not thickening I want, I can use flour for that, it was for my intestines.
this made me think of the gelatine suppositories that were prescribed for chronic constipation. Perhaps just a few cubes of jelly?